Just a seventh of the 16 to 24-year-olds questioned for a National Society for Epilepsy survey correctly guessed there were 250,000 to 500,000 people with epilepsy. This was the lowest level of awareness among age groups for the question.
Most underestimated its incidence, although they realised epilepsy was the most common neurological condition of a range of choices including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and cerebral palsy.
There was also a worrying level of beliefs in myths about epilepsy, with six per cent saying the condition was caused by evil spirits, eight per cent saying it was contagious and a fifth saying it starts in childhood.
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